Crime and crash

Giridih, Aug 20: The body of a woman and her three children were found in Giridih district on August 18. Police suspect that the woman Jubaida Khatoon (32) and her three sons --Mozmil (11), Mozsir (9) and Danish (7) -- allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a well over domestic violence. The incident took place in Nimadih village under Rajdhanwar police station. Speaking to ANI, Rajdhanwar

New Delhi, Aug 19: A 62-year-old woman known as the "godmother of crime" in south Delhi's Sangam Vihar, who was wanted in connection with the killing of a man, has been arrested, police said on Saturday. The accused identified as Basiran was declared a proclaimed offender, they said. A total of 113 criminal cases including that of bootlegging, murder, robbery, contract killing and snatching have

Yamunanagar (Haryana), Aug 19: Amid the controversy over triple talaq, a woman here turned the tables on her husband by using the contentious practice to “divorce” him. Shazia, a mother of three, “divorced” her husband, Abbas, by writing “talaq talaq talaq” on a piece of paper, the police said yesterday. The woman, a resident of Unhedi village, eloped with her lover, who also happens to be her

Rourkela, Aug 18: A woman in her early 20s died of burn injuries after she was allegedly set afire in front of her boyfriend's house in Rourkela today, police said. Locals found the woman engulfed in flames outside the house of her boyfriend, Amit Yadav, in Bondhamunda locality in Rourkela this morning, police said. They shifted the woman to Ispat General Hospital where she succumbed to her

New Delhi, Aug 18: The police on Saturday arrested two people for burning sacred books at India Gate on August 15. They burnt copies of the Bible, the Geeta, the Quran, the Guru Granth Sahib and the Constitution. The accused, during the investigation, cited their disbelief in the Constitution as the reason behind the move. Both the accused have been sent to judicial custody.

Washington, Aug 18: A 35-year-old Indian IT manager has been convicted of sexually assaulting a sleeping woman aboard a Detroit-bound flight in the US, media reports said on Friday. Prabhu Ramamoorthy, who worked for an IT company for over two years, will be sentenced on December 12 by US District Judge Terrence Berg, The Detroit News reported. Ramamoorthy faces up to life in prison. If released

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 17: The police have arrested a man for allegedly trying to rape a five-year-old girl, police said today. Circle Officer Rajesh Tiwari said the man, who is in his early 20s, was arrested yesterday from Kairana police station area in Shamli district following a complaint by the girl's father alleging that he tried to rape her daughter. He said the accused was beaten up by

Bengaluru, Aug 16: An alert KSRTC driver averted a major mishap after a multi-axle bus caught fire in the wee hours of Wednesday. All 20 passengers on board the bus escaped unhurt. The incident took place when the Bengaluru-bound buscoming from Tirupathi was moving along KR Puramhanging flyover around 5am. As soon as the bus reached the flyover, bus driver Ambari noticed smoke emitting from the

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 14: In a suspected case of honour killing, a teenage girl was allegedly poisoned by her father who waited for her to die as she sat on a bench near a crematorium, police said today. He had planned to dump his daughter's body in the Ganga river, on the banks of which the crematorium is situated, so that no one could trace it, they said. Tanu, believed to be about 16, died during

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 14: In a suspected case of honour killing, a 15-year-old girl was poisoned to death allegedly by her father in the Bhopa police station area here, police said today. The girl was found in a serious condition at a crematorium in Shukratal here last evening, Station House Officer (SHO) of the Bhopa police station, V P Singh said, adding she was rushed to a hospital where she died